Usually you read a script and you know somebody who knows somebody who maybe knew that person or met them once.

When I first came USA, I didn't feel this was my home. This was where I was studying, and then my home was now rejecting me.

When I was in high school, my mom gave me a paperweight. It was when I was going through my 'not that interested in doing homework or really working on anything' phase and the paperweight said "If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes." And that's sort of the same thing, if you're not always working to be in the front.

Love for me is comfort. I feel most loved and most capable of giving love when I am around people or in places that make me comfortable.

I would remind people on the planet that this is the only one we have, and we need to take care of it.

The second time I was banned was when I directed a film called Xiu Xiu. I was banned for three years from China.

I came to the United States in 1981 as a student.When I left, I was totally the most beloved little flower in China and so it was an outrage basically.